Cakes/Party Planning

Friday, 2 November 2012

Football Cake

Our First season of football has come to an end, it is a little bitter sweet. Keegan had such a good time and can't wait until next season to play again. But I am also loving not sitting at practice for an 1 1/2 hours three nights a week and then spending every Saturday doing games for 3 hours.

My Little man at one of his last games of the season, tough little guys for sticking it out through the cold weather.

For the teams year end party I offered to make their cake and if you have followed me you know I like to challenge myself on each cake I make and this was no exception, in fact there was a point that I figured it might just look like a big blob.

I picked up this casserole dish as it was the closest to the shape I needed. It actually worked out perfectly as it ended up being the same size as an actual football.

I baked three cakes and stacked them on top of each other with butter cream icing in between. Then the tricky part, shaping the cake. I used a real football as my guide, crossed my fingers and started to cut it out. Once I had the shape I was looking for I gave it a thin layer of butter cream and set aside to let it harden.

Once I got a layer of brown butter cream on the cake it finally was starting to look like a football. There was a major sign of relief.

I made the white part with fondant to get the look I wanted and then added a little green butter cream to the bottom of the cake.

You know it is a hit when everyone at the party says they thought it was a real football and looks too good to eat. We had a great party and can't wait until next year.

I'm very impressed. I've made a flat football-shaped cake a couple of times, but this is awesome. My two oldest boys (11 and 8) played little league tackle football this year too, and it sounds very similar to yours in terms of hours involved except we are in Texas, so tomorrow's play-off game temperature is supposed to be in the upper 60s to mid 70s. I wonder if I'll be brave enough to attempt this cake once our season ends.

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Welcome to Creative Raisins, my name is Lisa and I am addicted. That's right you heard me I am addicted to creating. You name it I love it. I love the challenge of putting on an amazing party and making a cake, decorating a room, trying my hand at sewing or a simple project with my kids.
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